Coverage dated September 18, 2024

Two officers stabbed by inmates, 3 injured at Massachusetts prison

Headline from Newsweek

Five officers were hurt in stabbings at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night.

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7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    2 Massachusetts corrections officers stabbed by inmates as union says they are ‘literally running the asylum' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Two Massachusetts correctional officers have been stabbed by inmates inside a prison in Shirley in an attack described by a union official as an "attempted murder."

  2. Newsweek

    Two officers stabbed by inmates, 3 injured at Massachusetts prison (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Five officers were hurt in stabbings at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night.

  3. KOB 4

    Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    A spokesperson says two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates and three others were injured at a Massachusetts maximum security prison. The five officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were taken to hospitals after the confrontation Wednesday night.

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